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so, why is the romney campaign telling poll volunteers to be purposely deceptive? think progress obtained audio from one of the training sessions. here is the person leading the session. >> we'll have you sign in. >> animosity? they say this has been going on for years, republicans and democrats do it. it's a legal and necessary of free and fair elections, but the romney campaign doesn't want voters to know they're there. gee, i wonder why. joining me now is scott who broke the story for think progress and joe madison, nationally syndicated radio host from sirius/xm the power. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> scott, what can you tell us about your reporting? anything from the campaign? >> think progress obtained this document that is being used in romney poll watcher trainings around the state. we identified as many as 17 such trainings that occurred in the last month. not only are they being instrucked to sign in at the polls as a concerned citizen rather than mentioned -- or disclose any affiliation with the romney campaig
so, why is the romney campaign telling poll volunteers to be purposely deceptive? think progress obtained audio from one of the training sessions. here is the person leading the session. >> we'll have you sign in. >> animosity? they say this has been going on for years, republicans and democrats do it. it's a legal and necessary of free and fair elections, but the romney campaign doesn't want voters to know they're there. gee, i wonder why. joining me now is scott who broke the...
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mitt romney is polling at 0% among black voters. given among how he is campaigning, maybe it's a number for him among black voters we can trust. as for latino voters, the romney/ryan ticket is polling very poorly. it's 63% to 28%. 35-point margin, almost exactly the same margin that mccain and palin lost the latino vote when they lost to barack obama and joe biden. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. in the platform they wrote they want the arizona papers please law for the whole country after that, the romney immigration advisor celebrated by suing the federal government today trying to stop the president's dream act program that he instituted by executive action starting this month over the objectin inobjections of the republican congress. you can't necessarily say the republicans are in hot pursuit right now. same thing for the african-american vote of which they currently enjoy 0% support. with less support among black voters, how can the republicans expect to win this time? there is a tac
mitt romney is polling at 0% among black voters. given among how he is campaigning, maybe it's a number for him among black voters we can trust. as for latino voters, the romney/ryan ticket is polling very poorly. it's 63% to 28%. 35-point margin, almost exactly the same margin that mccain and palin lost the latino vote when they lost to barack obama and joe biden. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. in the platform they wrote they want the arizona papers...
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coming up, president obama and mitt romney blitzing the swing states as new polls suggest, romney is closing in on the president's advance with women voters. we'll talk to democratic chair, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. >>> washington democratic senator patty murray concerned that ohio could hold up the vote counting and tracking hurricane sandy next on "andrea mitchell reports." i'm glad we got cdw and cisco to design our data center. yeah, the cisco ucsc series server, with the intel xeon processors, help us scale smoothly, like a perfect golf swing. how was it before? clunky and full of unnecessary impediments. like charles' swing. i heard that. thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geic
coming up, president obama and mitt romney blitzing the swing states as new polls suggest, romney is closing in on the president's advance with women voters. we'll talk to democratic chair, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. >>> washington democratic senator patty murray concerned that ohio could hold up the vote counting and tracking hurricane sandy next on "andrea mitchell reports." i'm glad we got cdw and cisco to design our data center. yeah, the cisco ucsc series...
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just last month in the same poll, romney trailed by eight points. driving romney surge, a spike in republican enthusiasm, more republicans made it through pew's likely voter screen than democrats. and a larger group of registered voters, the candidates are tied at 46. while it's unlikely returns on election day make it unlikely in this pew sample that romney has the upper hand. and looking inside the pew numbers, we're looking at an unlikely -- now romney leads by six, 50-44. will we see that same shift in the battleground state polls? we'll have to see what happened what happens. >> this is the last day for voters to register to vote there, that's why they're both there. romney kicks off a two-day ohio journey, he'll be back in ohio again on friday. meanwhile the president holds an evening rally at ohio state university in columbus. by the way romney starts his day on a family farm in central iowa. another midwestern battleground state. paul ryan does his debate prep today in florida. the vice president signalled a new urgency to voters saying, quo
just last month in the same poll, romney trailed by eight points. driving romney surge, a spike in republican enthusiasm, more republicans made it through pew's likely voter screen than democrats. and a larger group of registered voters, the candidates are tied at 46. while it's unlikely returns on election day make it unlikely in this pew sample that romney has the upper hand. and looking inside the pew numbers, we're looking at an unlikely -- now romney leads by six, 50-44. will we see that...
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earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on personal income, cut capital gains taxes and business taxes, romney stood on stage with president obama and denied all of that. he told the american people that he really didn't have a plan, which my friends, is completely a 180. after saying it, every campaign stop for 18 months that he would repeal obama care on day one, he stood before the american people and said his plan would take care of preexisting conditions. after the debate, his campaign admitted it would not. romney says his health care plan, which passed in massachusetts, would be good for states. b
earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on...
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romney's forces are responding to new polls showing president obama leading in swing states. up by six in iowa, up by five in ohio, and ahead in other key states, including new hampshire, be virginia, florida, wisconsin, colorado, and nevada. and today, a major endorsement coming from new york city's independent mayor michael bloomberg. no question, this is a close race but today in wisconsin the president went after one of the key points in governor romney's closing argument to voters. >> the closing weeks of this campaign, governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly. and he is offering them change. he's saying he's the candidate of change. well, let me tell you, wisconsin, we know what change looks like. and what the governor is offering sure ain't change. >> it sure ain't change. but governor romney is good at changing on every position and doing anything to win. on the trail, he's trying to sound warm and cuddly. he's now taking a soft attack. the new york times quoting him on the trail
romney's forces are responding to new polls showing president obama leading in swing states. up by six in iowa, up by five in ohio, and ahead in other key states, including new hampshire, be virginia, florida, wisconsin, colorado, and nevada. and today, a major endorsement coming from new york city's independent mayor michael bloomberg. no question, this is a close race but today in wisconsin the president went after one of the key points in governor romney's closing argument to voters....
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in polls, romney's momentum seems to have stopped. he gained ground a week or two after denver, but it seems he's no longer doing so. it seems to me that there's sort of a karl rovian sort of confidence p eddling game. are they saying we have momentum to get the media to bite on that to tell the voters they have momentum and people want to roll with the winner? the truth is we have a serious map problem? >> any campaign wants to claim momentum when they can. it's important to a campaign where they feel they have a moment in time. whether or not it continues to be true or it's the feeling that people may have had a week ago, i think that's certainly the message you put out. regardless of what the poll numbers look like, if you were behind before, you want to gain steam. president obama is saying we've had a lead and we're maintaining it. that's his belief. obviously it has shrunk some. the belief on the obama side that if they do what they're supposed to do on election day and execute that organizational turnout device, then they will
in polls, romney's momentum seems to have stopped. he gained ground a week or two after denver, but it seems he's no longer doing so. it seems to me that there's sort of a karl rovian sort of confidence p eddling game. are they saying we have momentum to get the media to bite on that to tell the voters they have momentum and people want to roll with the winner? the truth is we have a serious map problem? >> any campaign wants to claim momentum when they can. it's important to a campaign...
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the latest polls. for mr. romney, desperate times call for desperate measures and it doesn't matter how much the truth suffers. joining me now is pulitzer prize connie schultz. she writes today, why romly will lose ohio. hint, hint. and dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." he's writing that romney goes off road with the truth. thanks for being here tonight. connie, let me start with you. you were born and raised in ohio with ties to the auto industry. >> yes. >> how are ohioans responding to this false attack by romney and ryan? >> that's what is interesting to me. i come from these people. i come from utility workers and auto plant workers and steel workers. i think romney thinks that the people that i come from are stupid. but i've been traveling all over the state. i was in three different towns today and i've been at a lot of packed halls with auto workers and people who supply the auto industry. you're talking about 800,000 jobs in auto-related jobs in ohio, which means you're talkin
the latest polls. for mr. romney, desperate times call for desperate measures and it doesn't matter how much the truth suffers. joining me now is pulitzer prize connie schultz. she writes today, why romly will lose ohio. hint, hint. and dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." he's writing that romney goes off road with the truth. thanks for being here tonight. connie, let me start with you. you were born and raised in ohio with ties to the auto industry. >> yes....
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we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about ohio, as ohio has become even more important? >> well, ohio's very important, wisconsin. we're seeing in pennsylvania, there was one poll that just came out that showed that romney was ahead by a few points. so, again, there's all these different battleground states in play at this point. >> so they may have shifted scenarios here at this point, saying, things are looking closer in ohio, let's rejigger. >> you have to civil right for every vote, and part of it is allocating these resources. when you have to invest resources in different areas, at this point in north carolina,
we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about...
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in new hampshire president obama polled at 49%, mitt romney at 47% and detroit press poll and cnn poll showed in colorado president obama at 50% and mitt romney at 48%. tonight president obama has an 81% chance of winning re-election. alex cwagner, so mike bloomberg somehow finally made up his mind. everyone is focused on the climate change. in that article he mentions the pez's position on abortion and the health care law. so this isn't just this week. this is something that mayor bloomberg has been thinking about for some time and it is coming as the president finished the bromance tour with chris christie. it is a good week for the president. >> when you read the mayor's reasons, what was he waiting for. there wasn't a single thing that he was in line for? >> it seems to me that he is someone who has a large conception on his role on american national affairs and an early endorsement would not preserve that. the mayor's people say there is off the recoorecord reporters ae time. if you look at the economists the center right conservative publication, what you see is that the presiden
in new hampshire president obama polled at 49%, mitt romney at 47% and detroit press poll and cnn poll showed in colorado president obama at 50% and mitt romney at 48%. tonight president obama has an 81% chance of winning re-election. alex cwagner, so mike bloomberg somehow finally made up his mind. everyone is focused on the climate change. in that article he mentions the pez's position on abortion and the health care law. so this isn't just this week. this is something that mayor bloomberg...
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national polls show romney behind the president. not just overall but in 12 key swing states. and then there's the republicans' ongoing problem with female voters. the president is winning that 54% to just 36. mitt fired a coy reference to his father george is even losing the mad men vote. >> tell jim he is not going to michigan. use romney is a clown and i don't want him standing next to him. >> roey? a clown? he does like cars. joining us now, a political commentator and daughter of jon huntsman. political analyst and a writer on the hill, hello to boeft you. santorum and romney both spent time talk b this so-called war on women. the government mandate is quote, the most important and central issue in this race. i mean, how politically tone deaf can these people be? >> well, pretty tone deaf. with romney, i think part of the problem, remember when we were about some of these war on women issues, we were about rush limbaugh going after sandra, romney was silent and sometimes silence can be just as damaging as what you actually say. women hear him coming to the defense having
national polls show romney behind the president. not just overall but in 12 key swing states. and then there's the republicans' ongoing problem with female voters. the president is winning that 54% to just 36. mitt fired a coy reference to his father george is even losing the mad men vote. >> tell jim he is not going to michigan. use romney is a clown and i don't want him standing next to him. >> roey? a clown? he does like cars. joining us now, a political commentator and daughter...
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only silver lining for the romney campaign in this poll is in battleground states. romney closed the gap. he trails obama by only three points 49-46. last month romney was behind by eight points. three straight months in our battleground state demographic it was an eight-point gap there. overall just 22% say the choice of ryan makes it more likely to select romney. there are two ways to look at the race. the president's numbers are not budging and pessimistic views about the economy are baked in. president's approval isn't moving either. stuck in those high 40s. 48% in this one. and only 31% of voters less than a third of the country believe the country is better off than it was when obama became president. 42% said the country is worse off. the worst say no change. all of this should spell doom for the president. except the president is not trailing. so why is he ahead? here's another reason. he's beating romney in what i call the gut check questions. more on the poll in just a few minutes with our pollsters and take you through it but it's this who cares about ave
only silver lining for the romney campaign in this poll is in battleground states. romney closed the gap. he trails obama by only three points 49-46. last month romney was behind by eight points. three straight months in our battleground state demographic it was an eight-point gap there. overall just 22% say the choice of ryan makes it more likely to select romney. there are two ways to look at the race. the president's numbers are not budging and pessimistic views about the economy are baked...
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and their last poll this year is projecting a 39-point loss for romney. in another poll, the decisions poll out ahead of the election a couple days ago shows an even worse result. pew has romney down by 39 points. latino decisions has him down by 49 points. 13 points worse than john mccain did when john mccain lost badly. so yes, this race is close. the polls say president obama is likely to win even though it's going to be close. if you're curious, the reason they think they might not lose is because of who they think will actually vote. who will be able to vote and have their vote counted? they are counting on electorate choosing the president that turns back time in terms of how white the country really is. here's my question, though. even if that works tomorrow, is that really a plan for the future? joining us now is frank rich, new york magazine's writer at large. it's great to have you here. >> great to be here with you. >> i don't usually do segments with that many numbers, but when i started doing it on white voters, i felt like i just ran into a
and their last poll this year is projecting a 39-point loss for romney. in another poll, the decisions poll out ahead of the election a couple days ago shows an even worse result. pew has romney down by 39 points. latino decisions has him down by 49 points. 13 points worse than john mccain did when john mccain lost badly. so yes, this race is close. the polls say president obama is likely to win even though it's going to be close. if you're curious, the reason they think they might not lose is...
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. >>> romney is falling in the polls, big time. down by 15 points in michigan. unfortunately for mitt, he can't buy votes like he did at cpac. this is "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> well, you have to talk to the romney campaign how many tickets, we heard all sore of things. >> rick santorum accuses mitt of buying the cpac victory. new numbers show santorum ahead of romney. r.t.rybak and howard fineman are here on the state of the race. >>> the president outlines his political priorities as he sends budget to the congress, and calls for more stimulus. >> when our economy and growing and creating jobs we have to do everything to keep this recovery on track. >> plus republicans are caving on the payroll tax cuts. we'll have the latest with bernie sanders. >> this this country the government doesn't tell you or your organization what your religious views are. >> the republican war on women's health continues. as they misrepresent the president on anti-religion. >> this issue won't go away until the administration simply backs down. >> joan walsh and krystal b
. >>> romney is falling in the polls, big time. down by 15 points in michigan. unfortunately for mitt, he can't buy votes like he did at cpac. this is "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> well, you have to talk to the romney campaign how many tickets, we heard all sore of things. >> rick santorum accuses mitt of buying the cpac victory. new numbers show santorum ahead of romney. r.t.rybak and howard fineman are here on the state of the race. >>> the...
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re-election campaign is encouraged by a new poll out today that shows president obama leading mitt romney among swing state independent voters. now, these are the voters who usually decide the outcome in the general election, and it seems the president is ahead of mitt romney with these voters, mostly because they like president obama and they just don't much like mitt romney. the poll from the third way surveyed independent voters in these 12 swing states. among those voters, president obama leads mitt romney 44 to 38%. 57% view president obama favorably and 35% view him unfavorably. while only 41% view mitt romney favorably and basically the same amount, 40%, view him unfavorably. "saturday night live" opened the show this weekend with a rendering of mitt romney that seizes on the with one constant in romney's 20-year political career. he will always try to say whatever his audience wants to hear, whether that's an audience of liberal massachusetts voters in 1994 or conservative republican primary voters this year. >> following his primary victories last tuesday in wisconsin, maryland,
re-election campaign is encouraged by a new poll out today that shows president obama leading mitt romney among swing state independent voters. now, these are the voters who usually decide the outcome in the general election, and it seems the president is ahead of mitt romney with these voters, mostly because they like president obama and they just don't much like mitt romney. the poll from the third way surveyed independent voters in these 12 swing states. among those voters, president obama...
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of the most important polls of this cycle. >> and maybe devastating for romney. absolutely. joy, we've got word this afternoon that romney is going to stop in cleveland and pittsburgh working until the polls close. i mean, pennsylvania? really? >> yeah. >> you tell me. >> i know. this is the great white whale of the cycle. darn it if they just get a few more folks in person pennsylvania they're going to do it. the problem is that philadelphia exists. that's the problem. is there are so many urban voters and younger voters which have come in whether it's in the college towns and in the philadelphia suburbs that pennsylvania is a state that's going for barack obama. i'm fairly confident in assuring the romney folks of that. i think also what the romney people are doing, it's a head fake. they want to convince the media that this idea of momentum that started like three weeks ago is still true. that he still has movement and he has so much momentum, he's going to states that are obama states and take those too. >> isn't that also true, richard, with the advertising
of the most important polls of this cycle. >> and maybe devastating for romney. absolutely. joy, we've got word this afternoon that romney is going to stop in cleveland and pittsburgh working until the polls close. i mean, pennsylvania? really? >> yeah. >> you tell me. >> i know. this is the great white whale of the cycle. darn it if they just get a few more folks in person pennsylvania they're going to do it. the problem is that philadelphia exists. that's the problem....
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since then romney has dropped in the polls. if you look at the clear politics average of polls, romney has gone from about leading boo i a point and now barack obama last i looked earlier today was up by 0.3, 0.4. usually what happens to momentum is a number of things happen that take the race away from where it fundamentally is. a very close race becomes a three or four-point lead for obama or two or three-point lead for romney. before the media registers this is of a real thing, we begin calling it momentum. whatever run of good luck or unusual news or a very bad debate was happening and distorting the fundamental nature of the race has ended and the race pulls back to where it was originally which is a very close election with a persistent lead for president obama in swing states. that's exactly what you're seeing here. so my advice to partisans is when people begin calling momentum on their candidate, be prepared for things to be about to turn around in the polls. >> lastly, if i can, ezra, on a different topic, your hero a
since then romney has dropped in the polls. if you look at the clear politics average of polls, romney has gone from about leading boo i a point and now barack obama last i looked earlier today was up by 0.3, 0.4. usually what happens to momentum is a number of things happen that take the race away from where it fundamentally is. a very close race becomes a three or four-point lead for obama or two or three-point lead for romney. before the media registers this is of a real thing, we begin...
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younger viewers, our polling on african-americans, zero for mitt romney. are you concerned that republican party is not making much progress toward becoming a nation of converts politically, philosophically? >> i'm concerned about it over the long haul, for sure. our demographics are changing. and we have to change, not necessarily our core beliefs but how we -- the tone of our message and the message and the intensity of it, for sure. i don't think that's going to have an impact in this election, though. i mean, so there's a gender gap in favor of president obama among women, and a dead heat there's obviously going to be a gender gap in favor of, for men in favor of romney. this is going to be a close election. but long-term, conservative principles, if they're to be successful and implemented there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today. >> you talk about the importance of the race and how tight it's going to be. florida, yet again, is going to be huge. we did some analysis based on where we look at the elec
younger viewers, our polling on african-americans, zero for mitt romney. are you concerned that republican party is not making much progress toward becoming a nation of converts politically, philosophically? >> i'm concerned about it over the long haul, for sure. our demographics are changing. and we have to change, not necessarily our core beliefs but how we -- the tone of our message and the message and the intensity of it, for sure. i don't think that's going to have an impact in this...
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governor romney's strategy is failing. >> how can you say that when the polls show governor romney is leading. >> i'm looking at ohio. where the president is expanding his lead. i'm looking at wisconsin where mitt romney, his running mate is from wisconsin the guy has never led in wisconsin not once. so if you look at the key states, national polls mean nothing to me. nothing. look at the key states you'll see why mitt romney's strategy of economic gloom and doom is failing. >> ann, oil bring you in -- >> there's republican policies in place in virginia and wisconsin and ohio. >> absolutely. they are all republican governors who are out there saying look at our state. we're doing pretty well. >> let me get in here, danny there has been a conflict on how the republicans will handle those key states that have an unemployment rate that's below the national average trying to give the credit to the republican governor by skirt ago round the president and that's not been successful. you mentioned polls. we know this is about math. we know the lucky number. when you look at colorado and neva
governor romney's strategy is failing. >> how can you say that when the polls show governor romney is leading. >> i'm looking at ohio. where the president is expanding his lead. i'm looking at wisconsin where mitt romney, his running mate is from wisconsin the guy has never led in wisconsin not once. so if you look at the key states, national polls mean nothing to me. nothing. look at the key states you'll see why mitt romney's strategy of economic gloom and doom is failing....
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brand-new polling proves mitt romney's medicare lies aren't working. we'll break down the new numbers. >>> the obama campaign says they have the answer to stop republicans from stealing ohio. state senator nina turner is here. and how did mitt romney get completely shut out among african-american supporters in every latest poll? >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessential program i can find. i'm going to work to reform and save -- >> the daily show's senior black correspondent, larry wilmore is here to explain. good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. liberals, you have to be loving this. congress and todd akin, he isn't going anywhere, and the republican establishment can't do anything about it. he bragged about a one-day fund-raising effort. the message is clear, voters should pick candidates, not party bosses. politico reported on a closed-door meeting between akin and top conservatives last night. the meeting was held in the heart of the storm for republicans, tampa, florida, the site of republican national convention. family researc
brand-new polling proves mitt romney's medicare lies aren't working. we'll break down the new numbers. >>> the obama campaign says they have the answer to stop republicans from stealing ohio. state senator nina turner is here. and how did mitt romney get completely shut out among african-american supporters in every latest poll? >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessential program i can find. i'm going to work to reform and save -- >> the daily show's senior black...
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one area where romney's people are talking aboutpanding the map, michigan. >> a new poll finds mitt romney is closing in on president obama's once-comfortable lead in that state. "the detroit news"/local 4 poll found among likely voters, the race has tightened to be within the margin of error. earlier this month romney was trailing president obama by approximately six percentage points. and with signs that michigan is once again in play, the pro-romney super pac restore our future launched a $2.2 million ad, and the obama campaign is countering with its first network tv ads in michigan. the ads are expected to begin airing today and will run through election day. >> so mark halperin, michigan. i'm sorry. >> go ahead. >> michigan. that's a good poll, right? >> it is. >> michigan's in play now. >> i mean, if you look -- if you think that the quinnipiac poll is right about ohio, then the obama explanation of why they're going into these states is more credible. >> these states being michigan and pennsylvania. >> which is not oh, my god, the sky is falling, we're losing everywhere, we need to
one area where romney's people are talking aboutpanding the map, michigan. >> a new poll finds mitt romney is closing in on president obama's once-comfortable lead in that state. "the detroit news"/local 4 poll found among likely voters, the race has tightened to be within the margin of error. earlier this month romney was trailing president obama by approximately six percentage points. and with signs that michigan is once again in play, the pro-romney super pac restore our...
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mitt romney knows he has a problem with women voters. polls don't lie. romney is trailing president obama by 18 points with women voters in swing states. this morning romney, well i guess you can say he shook the etch a sketch and explained his new strategy to tackle the gender gap. >> i believe the way we'll get women voters is by talking about how we will get this economy going again. it's not going to be by attacking the economy and attacking business and attacking success like this president is doing. >> romney is looking for an avenue to win back women voters. his surrogate, south carolina governor didn't do him any favors today on the view. >> a lot of times people associate women's rights with liberals and not republican women. how do you say we are here representing women. >> all of my policy is not based oen a label. it's based on what i lived and what i know. women don't care about contraception. they care about jobs and the economy and raising their families and all of their thing pps. >> they care about contraception too. >> that's not the on
mitt romney knows he has a problem with women voters. polls don't lie. romney is trailing president obama by 18 points with women voters in swing states. this morning romney, well i guess you can say he shook the etch a sketch and explained his new strategy to tackle the gender gap. >> i believe the way we'll get women voters is by talking about how we will get this economy going again. it's not going to be by attacking the economy and attacking business and attacking success like this...
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in virginia the nbc maris poll has romney up by one. in the first two big swingers, first ohio, and the president is up by 3 and in florida they show romney ahead by 1. so to help us sort it out we have chris mooney. chris, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you've been on the ground in specifically ohio and florida. the big news out of ohio is they have the boss and big dog, bill clinton and bruce springsteen, stumping for the president. do they have aan impact in swing sets? >> they get attention, and they bring people out. that's not to say mitt romney and obama can't bring people. in the month of october they're pulling more than 10,000 people into rallies. the key take away here is the era of the national campaign is over. you have to think of it as a big pinball machine rigged with magnets to key states. these candidates don't focus on other states anymore. we look at a handful to spend a lot of time. >> that really new in the modern era? has that changed over time? >> it has. there was a great piece in national jo
in virginia the nbc maris poll has romney up by one. in the first two big swingers, first ohio, and the president is up by 3 and in florida they show romney ahead by 1. so to help us sort it out we have chris mooney. chris, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you've been on the ground in specifically ohio and florida. the big news out of ohio is they have the boss and big dog, bill clinton and bruce springsteen, stumping for the president. do they have aan impact in...
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a breakdown of the poll shows romney's biggest challenge is the female vote. president obama leads romney by 18 points among women voters in those swing states. >>> the parents of trayvon martin now calling on the justice department to look into how local authorities handled the investigation into the shooting death of their 17-year-old son. thousands of protesters rallied in martin's home city of miami yesterday calling for the immediate arrest of george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who admitted to killing the unarmed teen over a month ago. zimmerman claims he fired his weapon in self-defense after martin punched him in the face and slammed his head on the sidelk. those facts have been in dispute. new questions emerging about whose voice is heard screaming for help on the 911 tapes on the night of the shooting. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right. what is your name and phone number? >> there's a gunshot. >> so that's the 911 call. the "orlando sentinel" spoke to audio experts who say voice recognition software shows it was n
a breakdown of the poll shows romney's biggest challenge is the female vote. president obama leads romney by 18 points among women voters in those swing states. >>> the parents of trayvon martin now calling on the justice department to look into how local authorities handled the investigation into the shooting death of their 17-year-old son. thousands of protesters rallied in martin's home city of miami yesterday calling for the immediate arrest of george zimmerman, the neighborhood...
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romney is trailing the president in several polls there. we will talk more about the trouble in ohio. first, there's a lot going on today on this monday. here's some things we thought you should know. illinois congressman joe walsh is taking on former georgetown law student and women's rights advocate sandra fluke at a campaign event this weekend. the congressman decided to take aim at her appearance at the democratic national convention. >> a 31-year-old, 32-year-old alaw student has been a student for life who gets up there in front of a national audience and tells the american people, i want america to pay for my contraceptives. you're kidding me. go get a job. go get a job, sandra fluke. >> so the video was posted online by the progressive super-pac credo. presidential came pains bring out colorful characters. who can forget joe the plumber. the breakout star is scott the bus. >> pizza guy and he picked him up and enjoyed his moment in the sfot light. he talked about meeting the president and that hug. >> when he came in, he busted thro
romney is trailing the president in several polls there. we will talk more about the trouble in ohio. first, there's a lot going on today on this monday. here's some things we thought you should know. illinois congressman joe walsh is taking on former georgetown law student and women's rights advocate sandra fluke at a campaign event this weekend. the congressman decided to take aim at her appearance at the democratic national convention. >> a 31-year-old, 32-year-old alaw student has...
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>> you had the list of 24 polls and none had romney ahead. some were done that had romney up a couple points there, but no public pollster has had him with a lead all year. it's not just that obama is up there, but it's a state where it's been stable and consistent in the polling. i think it might be more in play because i don't think they are conceding ohio. they need a better plan b. >> is there a famous circumstance in which all the polls all yearlong point in one direction and a partisan poll correctly predicted the results? >> that poll is almost always going to be wrong. especially when there's a consensus of 20 polls. maybe in a house race where the public polls aren't as good. but the public polling is pretty good. we know what the party bases are and where they live. this is a state that teases republicans where they can get up to 49% pretty easily, but it's hard to get to 50%. unless because of the hurricane and where the power outages might be, that could affect things. but apart from that, it's a sign of a campaign that doesn't li
>> you had the list of 24 polls and none had romney ahead. some were done that had romney up a couple points there, but no public pollster has had him with a lead all year. it's not just that obama is up there, but it's a state where it's been stable and consistent in the polling. i think it might be more in play because i don't think they are conceding ohio. they need a better plan b. >> is there a famous circumstance in which all the polls all yearlong point in one direction and a...
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we also have national polls and mitt romney, it's time for the finger vision. the latest fox news national polls shows president obama up a by 5 points. that's the fox news poll. the gallup daily tracking poll had been close. now gallup shows president obama up a by 6. even the quite ostentatiously republican leaning rasmussen poll gives president obama a 1-point lead nationally. in the states that matter, the obama campaign is ahead. things could change. we've got the debate starting n next week, there's long way to go, it's politics, anything could happen. but right now the obama campaign is solidly and consistently ahead. tactically what that means is the obama campaign has to convert being ahead in people's preferences to actual votes. since they are clearly ahead, a good time to get those votes cast is right now. because thanks to early voting, people are casting ballots right now. so this lead that they have now in the polls can be banked. it can be turned into actual votes while they're still ahead, even if they don't end up being this far ahead by elect
we also have national polls and mitt romney, it's time for the finger vision. the latest fox news national polls shows president obama up a by 5 points. that's the fox news poll. the gallup daily tracking poll had been close. now gallup shows president obama up a by 6. even the quite ostentatiously republican leaning rasmussen poll gives president obama a 1-point lead nationally. in the states that matter, the obama campaign is ahead. things could change. we've got the debate starting n next...
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in a new poll, romney 46-45. >>> there it is, welcome back to "hardball." one thing we learned this week is money talks loudly. all of those super pac sharks are smelling blood in the water as they gear up for november elections up and down the bout. they will match what will be a spending on sought. we have the chief white house correspondent, and major garrett. thank you, you're the two best. don't get mad at me chuck because he is my partner and you're my outsider. [ male announcer ] if a phone rings at your car insurance company and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound? [ meows ] or if a tree falls on your car and no one's around to answer your call, do you make a sound? the answer is probably "yes" [ growling ] and "like a howler monkey." unless you're calling esurance. they have live humans on the phones to help 24/7. so you might make different sounds, like happy human sounds. esurance. insurance for the modern world. click or call. >>> there it is, welcome back to "hardball." one thing we learned this week is money talks loudly. all of t
in a new poll, romney 46-45. >>> there it is, welcome back to "hardball." one thing we learned this week is money talks loudly. all of those super pac sharks are smelling blood in the water as they gear up for november elections up and down the bout. they will match what will be a spending on sought. we have the chief white house correspondent, and major garrett. thank you, you're the two best. don't get mad at me chuck because he is my partner and you're my outsider. [ male...
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let me show you some of romney's past on this and get your reaction to the polls and mr. romney's statements in the past. >> do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes, i do. if i'm president of the united states, i will encourage pro-life policies. >> nia-malika? >> well, that, that is pretty much a highlight reel of mitt romney's positions in regard to women's health. in regards to abortion, he has, over the last couple of days, angered some social conservatives because he seems to have moved to the center of abortion and there isn't any legislation that would go to the top of his agenda in regards to abortion but there you have him talking about roe v. wade and promising to appoint supreme court justices that would likely seek to overturn roe v. wade. you have had democrats very much hit mitt romney hard in a lot of these swing states and i think in part that underscores and certainly exploits the gender gap that you see in those swing states. not only women, but i think men probably would have a problem with politicians talking about rape, discuss
let me show you some of romney's past on this and get your reaction to the polls and mr. romney's statements in the past. >> do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes, i do. if i'm president of the united states, i will encourage pro-life policies. >> nia-malika? >> well, that, that is pretty much a highlight reel of mitt romney's positions in regard to women's health. in regards to abortion, he has, over the last couple of days, angered some social...
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polls that show romney basically even with obama and perry running 7, 8, 9 points behind. i think that's a serious consideration -- >> you think the republicans will match that up and make that determination -- >> when you look at the mood of the republican base, i know they're very conservative but they are furiously anti-obama, as you've seen. if it comes down to, we're going to let this guy get a free pass for a second term, i don't know if they'll do that. >> romney can't win the nomination, that's the problem. romney cannot win in the south because of his religion and because of the way he has waffled on a number of major, significant issues. >> john mccain four years ago -- >> actually, rick perry i thought did a good job of stumbling because that's exactly what mitt romney's been doing for five years, stumbling all over, falling all over the place. great to have you with us tonight. >>> wisconsin public schools are under attack and scott walker peddling his anti-education plan right here in the big apple. i'll take him to school in "the playbook." everything you nee
polls that show romney basically even with obama and perry running 7, 8, 9 points behind. i think that's a serious consideration -- >> you think the republicans will match that up and make that determination -- >> when you look at the mood of the republican base, i know they're very conservative but they are furiously anti-obama, as you've seen. if it comes down to, we're going to let this guy get a free pass for a second term, i don't know if they'll do that. >> romney can't...
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romney took his jump in the polls, that gender gap went away. well, in wisconsin and iowa, with the new nbc poll out today, the gender gap is back. and with a vengeance. mr. romney is losing women to president obama in both wisconsin and iowa by 18 points. now, mr. romney is winning men in both of those states. losing women, but winning men. but his win with men is not by anywhere near as large a margin as he is losing women. he's losing women really badly. that basically tells you why he is losing those two states. strategically, though, here's another really interesting finding in these polls today. one of the polls that came out last week that really upset the republicans was a "reuters" poll that showed the people who were voting early in this election were voting for president obama by a huge margin. the romney campaign's polling guy just lit his hair on fire and stamped his feet and tried to tell everybody that that poll of early voters was nonsense. they put out a formal memo that they released on the subject saying there's no chance that
romney took his jump in the polls, that gender gap went away. well, in wisconsin and iowa, with the new nbc poll out today, the gender gap is back. and with a vengeance. mr. romney is losing women to president obama in both wisconsin and iowa by 18 points. now, mr. romney is winning men in both of those states. losing women, but winning men. but his win with men is not by anywhere near as large a margin as he is losing women. he's losing women really badly. that basically tells you why he is...
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romney is headed for a win in the next primary there, but the poll says he would lose badly to obama in november. the president beats romney by 17 points. that's bigger than what he had against john mccain. and romney's problems extend to other key battleground states. florida, in florida obama leads by seven. in ohio, the presence up by six. pennsylvania he is ahead by only three, that's tricky for the democrats. mark halperin, and nina henderson are here. thank you, i was just talking to you earlier today, you're all over this romney campaign. let me start with you on this. romney, did he suffer so much damage in the problem that never seemed to end there with these two guys, newt and rick santorum, did that hurt him vis-a-vis the press? >> it seemed like it hurt him, but let's remember what they said. they would be able to pivot, using that unfortunate metaphor of an etch-a-sketch, but i think they're trying to recalibrate at this point. now they say they will start focussing on foreign policy. they think that will be a weakness for the president. they can draw strong contrast. th
romney is headed for a win in the next primary there, but the poll says he would lose badly to obama in november. the president beats romney by 17 points. that's bigger than what he had against john mccain. and romney's problems extend to other key battleground states. florida, in florida obama leads by seven. in ohio, the presence up by six. pennsylvania he is ahead by only three, that's tricky for the democrats. mark halperin, and nina henderson are here. thank you, i was just talking to you...
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look at the gallup poll, romney is still neck and neck with president obama. conservatives are aware of some of the tactics that romney is running, big picture they still see this as a pretty close race. >> why is peggy noonan beat the hell out of it? the column will be in saturday's "the wall street journal." that's one of the reasons i read the paper is peggy noonan. why is she so down on romney? >> she's calling on romney for a staff shakeup. from everything i hear, romney's not going to do that. there's a lot 6 concern by some on the right about stuart stevens, the chief strategist of the romney campaign. there's a sense he's doing too many jobs on the campaign, and the campaign is not running a big message. conservatives want this to be a big theme election. so unless stuart stevens gets out, conservatives will continue to be baker, and as peggy noonan says, they're looking for something like jim baker to have. but this is the campaign that romney has. >> i don't care about the weekly numbers. they're going to shift around. it seems to me romney has dug h
look at the gallup poll, romney is still neck and neck with president obama. conservatives are aware of some of the tactics that romney is running, big picture they still see this as a pretty close race. >> why is peggy noonan beat the hell out of it? the column will be in saturday's "the wall street journal." that's one of the reasons i read the paper is peggy noonan. why is she so down on romney? >> she's calling on romney for a staff shakeup. from everything i hear,...
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that nbc poll showing romney up seven points. the romney war room thinks it could be more than that. could be double digits. ten points. maryland, d.c., also likely to be big romney wins. in part because that's another area where santorum failed to get on the ballot. so the romney folks think that this might be the night that the press finally says the general has begun. you mentioned the joint fund raising between the party and romney. that's the party officially saying it's time to move on and yesterday the obama campaign released its first commercial that attacks romney by name. so it's on both sides saying the general election is going on. increasingly, gingrich and santorum risk being portrayed as dead-enders who are helping obama by dragging their heels. >> even newt gingrich has pulled back a little bit in his campaign, scaling down his staff. one not ready to move on is rick santorum. at what point do you think he'll be compelled to get out of the race. we'll see how he does in his home state on april 24th. and then feels
that nbc poll showing romney up seven points. the romney war room thinks it could be more than that. could be double digits. ten points. maryland, d.c., also likely to be big romney wins. in part because that's another area where santorum failed to get on the ballot. so the romney folks think that this might be the night that the press finally says the general has begun. you mentioned the joint fund raising between the party and romney. that's the party officially saying it's time to move on...
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poll numbers aside, the romney campaign also leaning on a series of high-level endorsements to try to lock up this nomination. the latest comes from wisconsin congressman paul ryan, expected to throw his support behind romney today, perhaps even today. ryan, who chairs the house budget committee, often mentioned as a likely vice presidential pick. romney has praised the congressman's budget blueprint, which passed through the house yesterday along party lines. in another key endorsement for romney, former president george h.w. bush officially threw his support behind the republican front-runner. after a private meeting in houston, the 41st president encouraged the party to start looking to the general election. >> barbara and i are very proud to fully and enthusiastically endorse and support our old friend, mitt romney. he's a good man. he'll make a great president. and we just wish him well. i do think it's the time for the party to get behind governor romney. he reminded me of kenny rogers, there's a time when to hold them, a time when to fold them. well, i think it's time for peopl
poll numbers aside, the romney campaign also leaning on a series of high-level endorsements to try to lock up this nomination. the latest comes from wisconsin congressman paul ryan, expected to throw his support behind romney today, perhaps even today. ryan, who chairs the house budget committee, often mentioned as a likely vice presidential pick. romney has praised the congressman's budget blueprint, which passed through the house yesterday along party lines. in another key endorsement for...
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he's at 52%, romney at 45%. two interesting state number from the purple strategies poll. in north carolina president obama has a two-point lead over mitt romney, 48%, 46%. the race is tightening in deep red arizona. romney with a lead of just three points over the president. and this just in, the romney campaign says everyone is safe after ann rom's plan made an emergency landing in colorado after smoke filled the cabin. ann romney even tweeted about it saying everyone is okay. good for her. let's go to this with -- let's go to this with howard fineman joining us right now. i want to read to you right now a classic example of a friday afternoon news dump. it's mitt romney releasing his tax returns for last year. he paid an effective rate of 14.1% which is below the rate we know that people pay of payroll taxes. anyway, the campaign also released a summary of his taxes for the past 20 years, a summary. they say romney paid an average of 20.2% and they say he never paid less than 13.6%. republican strategist alex castellanos had a strong response to the campaign's move. he
he's at 52%, romney at 45%. two interesting state number from the purple strategies poll. in north carolina president obama has a two-point lead over mitt romney, 48%, 46%. the race is tightening in deep red arizona. romney with a lead of just three points over the president. and this just in, the romney campaign says everyone is safe after ann rom's plan made an emergency landing in colorado after smoke filled the cabin. ann romney even tweeted about it saying everyone is okay. good for her....